Improvement in adjustable and folding wagon-beds



' side board A are three iron supports, D DID,

UNITED STATES `PATENT GEEICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE AND FOLDING WAGON-BEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,308, dated June 27,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL HEFFLEY and JAMES D. PE'rrrr, of Rochester,Fulton county, State of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulAdjustable and Folding Wagon-Bed; and we do `hereby declare thefollowing' to be an eX- act description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereonmaking a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l represents theunder side of the wagon-bed. Fig. 2 is a Side elevation of the same.Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction of the bed witha jointed bottom, having stay-iron plates across the bed on the upperand under side of the bed, and oblique apertures to hold the curved endsof the side supports.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe it, as follows:

A A represent the side boards of the bed 5 B B, the end boards, that arefastened to the side boards by a cross-rod, C. On the inside of each.

that are bolted to the side boards, but their lower ends project belowthe boards A,and are curved and pointed inward, so as to be insertedintheoblique apertures E E E that pass through the upper cross-plates GG G, and through the bottom boards H H of the bed, and through the lowerbraces or cross-plates J J J on the under side of the bottom of the bed,soi as to brace the side boards rmly, and always preserve their verticalposition and prevent them from spreading outward when the wagon-bed isheavily loaded. The bottom of the bed is formed of two boards with theircross-strips and cross-p1ates GV and J divided in their centers, so thatwhen the ticles, another for lighter work, and a third, be-

ing neatly painted, to be used as a riding carriage. The strips L L areintended to hold the bed to the running-gear.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent,is-

lhe combination of the jointed bottom H H with the stay-plates G G ontop of the bottom of the wagon-bed, and the stay-plates J J on the underside of the bed, having oblique apertures E E, with their iron curvedsupports D D and center joints or hinges K K K, as herein described, andfor the purposes set forth.

SAMUEL HEFFLEY. JAMES D; PETTIT.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGAET, H. B. J AMrsoN.

